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April 23, 2026 · NL West

San Diego Padres vs Colorado Rockies

April 23, 2026Coors FieldPartly Cloudy 64°F · 8 mph, In From CF
AWAY
San Diego Padres
17-8
10
vs
HOME
Colorado Rockies
10-16
8

Starting pitchers

AWAY · SD
Matt Waldron
Matt Waldron
IP 5
HOME · COL
Zach Agnos
Zach Agnos
IP 3

Lineups

AWAY · SD
  1. 1 Ramón Laureano LF
  2. 2 Fernando Tatis Jr. RF
  3. 3 Jackson Merrill CF
  4. 4 Manny Machado 3B
  5. 5 Xander Bogaerts SS
  6. 6 Miguel Andujar DH
  7. 7 Ty France 1B
  8. 8 Freddy Fermin C
  9. 9 Jake Cronenworth 2B
HOME · COL
  1. 1 Edouard Julien DH
  2. 2 Mickey Moniak LF
  3. 3 TJ Rumfield 1B
  4. 4 Willi Castro 2B
  5. 5 Troy Johnston RF
  6. 6 Ezequiel Tovar SS
  7. 7 Brett Sullivan C
  8. 8 Kyle Karros 3B
  9. 9 Jake McCarthy CF

Box score

  123456789 R
SD 020110015 10
COL 140101100 8

Manager comparison

Both managers grade B / C entering this matchup.

AWAY · SD
Craig Stammen
B Lineup 0.8 R Bunts 0.4 R IBBs 0.2 R
HOME · COL
Warren Schaeffer
C Lineup 1.5 R Bunts 0.9 R IBBs 1.9 R

Recent form

AWAY · SD
4-6 L1 -6 run diff
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HOME · COL
3-6 W2 -7 run diff
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Season series: 6-1 with SD listed first across 7 prior meetings.

Tactical analysis

RunsLeft separates manager decisions from player execution from game variance. Each card below is the same three-number framework that drives the share cards on the SPA replay page.

AWAY · San Diego Padres
  • Manager lineup cost −0.05 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.68 vs actual lineup 4.73
  • Player execution +5.27 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 4.73 projection by 5.27 (scored 10)
  • Game variance +5.32 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Sheets HR from the 7-hole

HOME · Colorado Rockies
  • Manager lineup cost +0.08 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.74 vs actual lineup 4.66
  • Player execution +3.34 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 4.66 projection by 3.34 (scored 8)
  • Game variance +3.26 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Lineup spots out of order vs season production

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 4.7 – 4.7 — actual was 10 – 8.

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How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. Tactical analysis comes from a per-game Monte Carlo: 10,000 simulated games against the opposing starter's ERA, both for the actual lineup the manager wrote and for the optimal arrangement of those nine players. The three numbers — manager cost, player execution, game variance — separate which part of the result was the lineup, the players, or the dice.

Read the full methodology.